I bought it at the dollar store since I didn't have any large containers. I bought 10 for a dollar. The funniest thing is a member of the Nighthawk forums said the same exact thing.

Here is the pics of the cleaned carb parts. I also took a picture of the pine sol after I used it. It looks gross. Though the pine sol did the trick. I will put the carbs in either tomorrow or next week with the help of my buddy Wreckster. Should be fun.

Also Please note if you do plan to take on this project please rinse the carbs in an area with good ventilation. Pine sol can give you head aches. lols

I'm impressed. Pine Sol works pretty good. I wonder if you could build your own homemade Safety Kleen style Pine Sol parts washer with a pump. Or would the Pine Sol kill the pump?

Back in 1993 at my old home I built my own (50/50 Kerosene/Safety Kleen mix) parts washer using an old kitchen sink and counter top that was being discarded from an apartment complex that was renovating a unit. I got myself a Quaker State 30 gallon gear oil drum from work, an Audi 5000 fuel pump, a VW Rabbit rear defogger switch that I used as a power on/off switch, made up a wiring harness with an inline fuse. I used long basic homemade metal brackets that I rubber mounted to the gear oil drums lid to mount the fuel pump to. The only part I had to buy was a $5 short straight piece of PVC pipe to attach to the sink drain as a return to the tank through a hole in the middle of the drums lid. I had the whole thing set on top of a common garage 6 ft tall garage shelving unit assembled in halves...two three foot high shelving units. This is about the same height as a work bench. I had it wired into an old car battery I had set on the bottom shelf that I would charge periodically. While the charger was hooked up the pump acted as a two speed pump because I could set the battery charger to 2 amp or 10 amp. You could also use an alternate power supply for the pump. I was aiming to spend as close to zero dollars as possible...I came real close.

Here's the only two pics of the homemade parts washer that I have...if anyone feels creative and can scrounge up the necessary parts. Sorry for the low pic quality, they were originally 35mm prints, but I think you can get the idea. I used this parts washer for 12 years, never had to change out the solvent, only had to replace the pump once in that time, and only discarded it to move. I felt like I got my moneys worth out of it.

I'm impressed. Pine Sol works pretty good. I wonder if you could build your own homemade Safety Kleen style Pine Sol parts washer with a pump. Or would the Pine Sol kill the pump?

Back in 1993 at my old home I built my own (50/50 Kerosene/Safety Kleen mix) parts washer using an old kitchen sink and counter top that was being discarded from an apartment complex that was renovating a unit. I got myself a Quaker State 30 gallon gear oil drum from work, an Audi 5000 fuel pump, a VW Rabbit rear defogger switch that I used as a power on/off switch, made up a wiring harness with an inline fuse. I used long basic homemade metal brackets that I rubber mounted to the gear oil drums lid to mount the fuel pump to. The only part I had to buy was a $5 short straight piece of PVC pipe to attach to the sink drain as a return to the tank through a hole in the middle of the drums lid. I had the whole thing set on top of a common garage 6 ft tall garage shelving unit assembled in halves...two three foot high shelving units. This is about the same height as a work bench. I had it wired into an old car battery I had set on the bottom shelf that I would charge periodically. While the charger was hooked up the pump acted as a two speed pump because I could set the battery charger to 2 amp or 10 amp. You could also use an alternate power supply for the pump. I was aiming to spend as close to zero dollars as possible...I came real close.

Here's the only two pics of the homemade parts washer that I have...if anyone feels creative and can scrounge up the necessary parts. Sorry for the low pic quality, they were originally 35mm prints, but I think you can get the idea. I used this parts washer for 12 years, never had to change out the solvent, only had to replace the pump once in that time, and only discarded it to move. I felt like I got my moneys worth out of it.

Tech23

That's a good Idea. I like it. Its versatile. If I didn't live in an apartment complex. I would try something like that.

Thanks! I happen to have an old Safety Kleen tank with a blown pump AND
a couple of old (still running) electric fuel pumps!! I'll have to see what
PineSol does to electric pump innards!

Cool, do that. I still have like eight Audi 5000 fuel pumps stored. I gathered them up while they were being recalled for "noise". The Audi fuel pump I used was silent, I also used rubber firewall grommets with metal inserts to mount the pump brackets to the lid. I added the rubber grommets to reduce pump noise. Does Pine Sol harm or "swell" rubber? Safety Kleen does and it never hurt the fuel pumps.

Cool, do that. I still have like eight Audi 5000 fuel pumps stored. I gathered them up while they were being recalled for "noise". The Audi fuel pump I used was silent, I also used rubber firwall grommets with metal inserts to mount the pump brackets to the lid. I added the rubber grommets to reduce pump noise. Does Pine Sol harm or "swell" rubber? Safety Kleen does and it never hurt the fuel pumps.

Tech23

Pine sol will swell rubber if left to soak for long periods. I just waited for them to return to normal, and then installed those pieces again. YMMV.

Pine sol will swell rubber if left to soak for long periods. I just waited for them to return to normal, and then installed those pieces again. YMMV.

Hmmmm. I'm not so concerned about rubber parts being cleaned, but any rubber parts that may be in the parts washers (fuel) pump, and any adverse it may have on those rubber parts. Any time I need to clean a rubber part it gets a quick cleaning in solvent and immediately afterward gets rinsed in a bucket of water.

I just spoke to Rusty at Max BMW in NH - asked about Pine-Sol as a carb dip. He asked the shop guys, and they all laughed - never heard of it. They recommended Simple Green. Can anybody with experience comment on one over the other?

I just spoke to Rusty at Max BMW in NH - asked about Pine-Sol as a carb dip. He asked the shop guys, and they all laughed - never heard of it. They recommended Simple Green. Can anybody with experience comment on one over the other?

I just spoke to Rusty at Max BMW in NH - asked about Pine-Sol as a carb dip. He asked the shop guys, and they all laughed - never heard of it. They recommended Simple Green. Can anybody with experience comment on one over the other?

You would not pay Max to soak your carbs in Pine Sol if it was that easy would you?

The good news is you don't have to!

Simple green will take the clearcoat off of any product in a couple minutes.

Not that the pinesol won't if you leave it soaking long enough.

It works, it works awesome. I've done at least 10 carbs now, some of them were so bad that I had to let them sit for a week, but it works for sure. Just follow the instructions of the OP. Soak, wash with dawn and hot water, rinse thoroghly, blow out passages etc. with compressed air. You'll be surprised.